Trial Lawyers Have Already Saved Your Life
You know, doctors don’t like to admit it, but even they turn to us trial lawyers now and then, as they have this week in California. The reason? The Governator, a/k/a Arnold Schwarzenegger, exempted state hospitals from the requirement that an anesthesiologist be present when a nurse anesthetist administers anesthesia to a patient, without consulting [...]
What Tort “Reformers” in NY Don’t Want You to Know
There’s been a lot of public hand wringing by the GOP’s best spin doctors about those “runaway medical malpractice verdicts,” and their deleterious effects on the cost of healthcare, all done in the name of limiting victims’ rights to fair compensation, and helping doctors and hospitals avoid accountability for their errors.
In GOP World, the answer [...]
Did FDR’s Doctors Commit Medical Malpractice?
In today’s NY Times there is an intriguing article on the cause of FDR’s death–something that has never been clear due to the shroud of secrecy maintained over the health problems of presidents of the time. The article’s author, Dr. Lawrence K. Altman, asks if FDR had a melanoma above his left eyebrow, and if [...]